Illegal border crossings into the U.S. are skyrocketing — and the immigrants are coming from Canada

Signage warns visitors that entry across the U.S.-Canada border at this point is prohibited, in Hemmingford, Quebec. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

It may be time to build another wall and make Canada pay for it.

Last year saw a 91% increase in immigrants entering the United States through the Canadian border, according to Customs and Border Protection.

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The 963 Northerners coming illegally into the U.S. in 2018 marks a sizable leap from the 504 immigrants caught crossing the border in the 2017 fiscal year. The majority of those border-crossers are coming through New York, New Hampshire and Vermont, according to the report. Those three states accounted for 548 border crossings as opposed to 165 the previous year.

A man is arrested at the U.S. border with Canada. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

Not all of the immigrants coming from Canada are Canucks, according to an NBC News report, citing those statistics.

Border Patrol agent Richard Ross supervises the border patrol station in Newport, Vt., where many immigrants are coming into the U.S. He says some of those travelers could be flying in from countries including Mexico, where visas aren’t required to land in Canada, then crossing into the U.S by land. Ross reportedly called migrants coming in through the northern border “very organized.”

President Trump has been pushing relentlessly for a wall on the United States border with Mexico, which spans just under 2,000 miles.

While there are already some barriers between the nations, a southern border wall — which the President has promised Mexico will pay for — will cost more than $21 billion, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The President’s 2020 budget proposal asked congress for $8.6 billion for that wall on Monday.

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The U.S. border with Canada, including Alaska, stretches more than 5,500 miles.